Aspiring Talent Pillows

'How do you expect me to fine tune my act if you keep taking me to the principal's office?

"I would like a tube of lemon yellow, cadmium red, cobalt blue, ivory, black, and zinc white, a sixteen-by-twenty canvas, a couple of brushes, and that book 'Painting in Oils'."

"I wanted to be a baseball player 'til I found out they send you to the showers."

What else is there to wish for?

My coach wants me to go to soccer camp. Focusing on one sport isn't good for you. But mom! I'll develop crucial life skills. Let's see. "Landing endorsements, agents and college sports scholarships." The definition of "crucial".

"I'm gonna be a 'New Yorker' cartoonist. You're not supposed to understand it."

'I don't care if Jackson Pollock did start out this way. We are drawing kittens.'

Busking, "Stop worrying your father for money."

'Miss Donahue would give him an F.'

"My wife has always encouraged me... ...to quit this stupid dream and get a real job." ... "You have a wife?"

"Oh, don't mind that, it's just my body of unseen work."

"Because when you're drafted by the pros, you'll have to be able to sign your contract. That's why you have to attend first grade."

'I really wanted to only take accounting courses, but my parents made me take this cartooning class so I would have something to fall back on.'

'Hey guys?. . . Help us think what Dale could do for his '15 minutes of fame.''

"Obviously, I can't fly like you, but if you teach me, I can probably sing like you..."

Mr. K's essay is such a drag! Yeah, but I've got to do really well. Twig! You're such a grind! Am not! Life isn't only about grades. I know! But he's directing the spring musical. And my singing won't get me the part all by itself! English: Gateway to the Grammys.

Children's Imagination

A backup plan might be a good idea, in case 'being a celebrity' doesn't work out...

A push in the right direction: 50c.

Directors chairs on movie set with Model, Actress, and Whatever on them

Brian, I hope you're taking this seriously.

The Quack Quack Diaries: Quack Quack Writes A Top Ten Hit

'I couldn't practice last night on account of my Dad's head was gonna' explode.'

"If I had it all to do over again, I would have liked to be the King of Swing."

'When you talk about playing, 'at the next level', you mean lawyering, right, not the NBA?'

"This area is popular with would-be actresses and models,we call it 'Silicon Implants'."

"The extent of your extracurricular activities in high school, may very well be participation in regular program of oral hygiene using an effective decay preventaative tooth paste, but that won't get you into a good university."

Charlie's medical advice always went in one ear and out the other.

"She gets her musical ability from me."

'It's great that you want a career in football, Timothy, but don't you think being a striker would be more fun than being a goalpost.'

"I've made a fortune as a successful artist! I couldn't see this happening if I became a soldier or a worker..."

I'm trying out for the spring play. You'll be great! Ha! You'll be grateful to be an usher, Meryl Creep. Yeah. The good parts go to real actors. Sigh. The arts are sooo uplifting.

Psychology Dept. Faculty Evaluations Today. I can't tell if it's my id or my ego, but I'm really craving a promotion.

"That'll be the day!"

'I told my teacher that I won't be returning to school. I'm trying out for a pro basketball team, and her services are no longer required.'